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Thursday, December 24, 2015

Raise the minimum wage~500 youths demonstrate in Shinjuku

On Dec. 13,
AEQUITAS held a demonstration in demand for higher minimum wage in Shinjuku,
Tokyo. You can see various photos and videos of the landscape of the day on
Twitter AEQUITAS’ account, https://twitter.com/aequitas1500. At the demonstration, FUJIKAWA Rie, a
member of the Tokyo Youth Union, made an emotionally stirring and moving
speech, which you can see on YouTube https://youtu.be/PXekBKzgUcI. The fastfood workers’ movement “Fight for
$15” in the U.S. encouraged AEQUITAS on Twitter. (YAMADA Shingo) * AEQUITAS means justice or fairness in Latin